Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-15

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eitv. there have been no mails ex trsins
arriving since lAst Thursday night until
this afternoon. when ere arrived from
Portland. The delayed trains frou g..
Paul are expected tomorrow or naxt
day. IL viii Ne several davs before the
trains can pass over the Montana Can-
ycn between this plaoe and Butte.
Marcrs DAILY. IN charge Of the i'm
meuse smelters AZ Anaeonda, has With
drawn large force 10 aid In repairing
the railroad. - that the amelfars viii
not have 10 shut down.
The members Of The Legislature.
which adjourned Thursday ni@ha. are
unable % leave town
The Reil Telephone Case Be9nm On
Basssn.
RcsruN. March IA-Tha GovaEnmauf
begun lie suit against ths HaIl Tela-
phone Company IN ne unitea Stnioa
Cironit Court this morninR before 1udua
Colt The sait Ia 10 annui Ne tEo
patents hela By Bell. oa the eroccd thai
be vas not the original invsntsr and
that the pstsuts we're fFaudulsntly o.
tanned. The defense msved 30 Be Al
loued 10 dsmur and plead 81 ne sapss
session. The gIttinQ Was adiuuFuna
psndise Jades Coit's dooiaios oa shls
point. Couuasl fer The GoveEnmanl
1sFs ex Solicitor General john 0ood.
VIM. q. etrAwburR of PhfladelphIa, and
Jea Chandler Of WashlnRaons for ths
Telephone Company, ]. J. StoFF and
Channey Smith.
Threw Has Lafe Away.
DKNvKn, March 14.--Nathmn Falk, a
traveling salesman. waa this morning
arFaiRned before Justice Sales. charged
With stealing 5000 cigars. and held in q
boad for $500 20 appear before the
Grand Jury. After the decision vas
pronounced, the prisoner IN company
With Constable Levy started for the
Chamber Of Conmercs Library for the
purpose Of procuring security. The pair
aeosnded the stairway 70 the laird story,
when Falk turaed around suddenly,
said Good bye" and threw himself
over the bannistsF and fell 10 the baso-
ment io0r, 20 feet below. In The tefFi-
BILE eight be struck the baluslFadoa,
from which be vas thrown bead nrat
on the stair post IN the basement. The
scalp vas completely torn from shs lefs
side Of his head and The ekuli fractured,
from which . portion Of the brain pro
truded. Besides this no bones were
uhOAcug o0N DC ~ ID 1IuhU4 AAs1141aAJ hAa
cannot recover.
Rank Caved Hnaa the River.
LAKE PRovrDENcR (IIa.l. March IA
Az about o'clock this morning full
sixty feet Of the bank in front Of the
Elton plantation sunk gradually dowu
into the river. and carried with 10 El-
tons store. The cavinG vas eomplete
within enc hour. Only q few supplies
were saved. Mr.. Robinson. the lessee. has
lost large amoWnt Of supplies. Soue
furniture and valuable effects belonging
TO General Mcmillan, stored IN she
building. we're also lost. The water over
the bank Is fully tWo feet deep and
there is constant apprehension that the
levee may drop in at any time and cause
z disastrous overflow. The Police Jury
has summoned 500 hands 20 build q
run-round II found necessary.
they Agreed 20 Leave the 0rEanlna-
alsn.
NEW YoRK, March 1.-The strike OF
the ooopera Of two large hFms ended
this morning aud the men have gone
back 30 work. after signing an agree
ment TO sever their connection with the
Knights Of Labor aud all other labor
organizations with which they are oon-
nected. In the preamble 20 the agree
ment the men say that they have been
pressed 10 become connected with the
organization known as tbs Knights Of
Lator and through eonuection there
with they have been ordered TO leave
steady employment for something which
10 no manner interests them. and the
result Of which ''eaused suffering 20
ourselves. our wives and families, and
we pledge ourselves to leave such as8o-
citation"
in Editor Appointed % omee.
Mayor Hewitt today appointed the
editor OF the Ir0a Age as President Of
the Board Of Health.
Assignment af a Leather Merchant.
Martin v. B. smith, leather mer-
chant, made an assignment with pRafer-
enoes amounting 20 sl22,O00.
Death Of Kben PliAhaFy
BosroN March I4.-Hon. Eben II.
Pillsbary died az his residence a. Mel.
rose. last night. He has been In poor
health for sOme time.
Granted an Advance of wages.
PHILADELPHIA, March il.-Ths wages
OF the employees Of the Philaaelphla d
Reading Railroad IN this city will Be IN
creased from TO Is per csnt. The in
crease begins today and will ahses at
| ast 500 men, exclusive Of those at Port
Richmond and freight haadlers at the
depOes. this action Of the company II
the result Of q conferences which vas
held on Saturday between the arbitra-
ton board aud Representatives Of the
company. II is understood that aimi-
lar advance ia 10 Be granted 20 the eul-
ployes st other points along the read.
one MInase Ahead or Tlme.
KASsAs Crrx, March 1.-THE new fagt
mail train from New York came In ever
the Missouri Pacific today al llso8, ba-
ing enc minute ahead Of time.
was q Murdar9
DKHvKl (Col.), March ll.-1oasph
Pratt. q livery stabie keeper bad q
difficulty Ia his stable yesterday morn
lnR With George Curtis. over tbe owneE-
ship Of q hsyrack. which Carts waa
driving away with, and upon uhioh
Pratt claimed that be bad q mortgage.
/ A. the driver undertook 20 etaFe the
bOrses Pratt seized the Feins. The
teaEn started forward suddenly and
Pratt vas struck By the rack, and VS.
thrown backward into = we'll and uan
drowned before Gsbed out. Curtis b
hsld 10 await al Investigation By the
/ CoFoReF.
Amending Treasury Regulations.
WAgmrx0roK, March 14.-AatinR 8ao-
retAxy Falrehild has amended tha de-
/ partmeuf regulations 20 % 70 ecnf0Km
70 the act Of Congress, approved Feb
roAry 23i. 1887, which provides for The
imn edists tranBp0Ftation ~ express
companies Of passengers. ba1RaRs and
merohandise, and for extending the
privilege heretofofe enjoyed By such
companies. by permitting the tran1poEta-
tion under cord and seal Of merehandiso
ia packages 800 large for the s8foa,
trunks OF pouches prescribed IN the set.
and also by permitting the tfansporta-
tion of pas sefgas baggage and enec1s.
uhiah shali appear on ths mauifea Of
the importing vessel o. other eatiafno-
tory svidence, ts be destined 70 any of
TIE ports specified 10 this sevsnfh SEQ
ton of said act Hereafter the oeFti-
fed eatrzets of TIE manifests required
BY the department. regulations viii b
dispensed with, 10 eases where the bag
gage and Effects for whinh entry 10 per-
mitted do nos Appear on tha mamifa9s of